4:10 PM
11/27/2010
This holiday season consumers are being persuaded by scientific researches to purchase a real Christmas tree over an artificial one. Doing so can have a large impact on the environment as well as the national economy. By purchasing a live tree you are encouraging Christmas tree farms to stay in business as well as being more environmentally friendly. The rate of greenhouse gas accumulation in the atmosphere can be slowed from trees. Other benefits include offering habitats for birds and maintaining undeveloped land. Since real trees are biodegradable and can be used for mulch you will be helping to keep artificial trees, which are made of nonrenewable resources such as petroleum, out of landfills. The majority of artificial trees are produced in China whereas buying a real tree would help support one of the many thousands of people that are employed in the US that work on tree farms. Your carbon footprint will also decrease since you would no longer be supporting a tree that is transported all the way from China, consuming gas and energy. Being environmentally aware this season can be easily achieved by supporting the purchase of a real tree.
While this article does not solely focus on environmental destruction the underlying message is advice for how to prevent more damage from happening by taking one simple step this season. Americans have a major issue with over-consumption so I thought that this seemed like an appropriate topic to cover. Instead of supporting an item that uses non-renewable resources we can take advantage of a resource that actually gives back to the environment. I thought a good message was that by not buying a fake tree from China (or elsewhere in the world they are manufactured) you are also reducing carbon emissions and the use of nonrenewable resources. Buying a real tree also helps support our local economy and their tree farms, which according to the article on average plant three seedlings for every one tree that is harvested. This is giving back to our economy as well as helping to sustain the environment, which is very important when we think about over-consumption.
4 comments:
It is good idea to buy real Christmas tree instead of artificial ones. As it mentioned in the article, it can create jobs and reduce carbon emission production. Trees also create habitat for birds and reduced development especially in the urban areas.
When I first started reading this, my first instinct is to think that buying real trees would be harmful to the environment, but as I continued to read, I learned that it was quite the opposite situation. It's nice to know that real Christmas trees serve multiple purposes. I like it!
I think this is a great idea. The only problem is buying another tree every year. In my family, we've always use the same artificial tree for I think 15 years now. I wish we would've bought the real trees every year because like yall said it helps create jobs and reduce carbon emission production, but also would be a great family tradition every year.
It makes more sense to get a real tree despite the mess that it may leave in your house, most of the time it also looks better. when you put the environment on the line getting the real tree is more worth it and in the end better for all of us. We need to do the little things that can add to the big picture.
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